Dwarfing
30% of a seedling tree
HP recommended
B.9
Budagovsky 9 · बी.9
About B.9
B.9 is a cold-hardy dwarfing rootstock from Russia. It produces trees similar in size to M.9 with good precocity and productivity. Excellent winter hardiness makes it suitable for high-altitude HP orchards.
Tree size
Dwarfing — 30% of a seedling tree
DwarfSemiVigorous
Planting
Trees
890–1,133
trees per acre
Spacing (row × tree)3.5 m × 1 m
First cropin 2 years
Productive life15 years
Needs stakes or a trellis
Needs irrigation
Planting notes
Excellent cold hardiness for high elevations. Requires staking and irrigation. Good for high-density plantings.
Disease and pest resistance
Collar rot
Resistant
Woolly aphid
Tolerant
Replant disease
Tolerant
Fire blight
Tolerant
Burr knot
Not known
Soil and site
AnchorageModerate
Soil depth needed40 cm
Soil pH6–7
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